Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Yzerman's yokutanga off-mwaka neTampa Bay yakatanga nekuputika. Nechisarudzo chechitanhatu che 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Mheni yakasarudza mberi Brett Connolly pasinei nenhoroondo yekukuvara paanenge achitamba kuWestern Hockey League (WHL) yePrince George Cougars. Musi waChikunguru 1, 2010, veteran blueliner Andrej Meszaros akachinjirwa kuPhiladelphia Flyers mukutsinhana nesarudzo yavo yechipiri-kutenderera muna 2011
. Gare gare musi iwoyo, Mheni yakasaina nyeredzi winger Martin St. Louis kune makore mana, $ 22.5 mamirioni ekuwedzera kondirakiti kuti ishande muna Chikunguru 1, 2011. Musi waChikunguru 19, mune imwe nhanho nesangano reFlyers, Mheni yakatengesa mudziviriri Matt Walker uye Tampa Bay yechina-kutenderera sarudzo muna 2011 kune wepamusoro-scoring winger Simon Gagne. Zvimwe zvakatengwa kunze kwemwaka zvaisanganisira kusaina kwevanotungamira Sean Bergenheim, Dominic Moore naMarc-Antoine Pouliot, pamwe nevadziviriri Brett Clark, Randy Jones naPavel Kubina uye muchengeti wepagedhi Dan Ellis, pamwe nekusainazve kwemutambi akasununguka akasununguka Steve Downie kune makore maviri, $ 3.7 mamirioni chibvumirano.