Ku dhammee weedha soo socota: Yzerman xilli ciyaareedkiisii ugu horeeyay ee uu la qaatay Tampa Bay wuxuu ku bilaabmay jawi aad u wanaagsan. Iyada oo la doortay lixaad ee 2010 NHL Entry Draft, Lightning waxay dooratay weeraryahan Brett Connolly inkasta oo uu taariikhda dhaawacyada ka ciyaarayay isagoo u ciyaaraya Prince George Cougars ee Horyaalka Hockeyga Galbeedka (WHL). 1da Luulyo, 2010, xiddiga qadiimiga ah ee Andrej Meszaros ayaa loo beddelay Philadelphia Flyers si ay ugu beddelaan doorashadooda wareega labaad ee
Sanadkii 2011. Kadibna maalintaas, Lightning waxay saxiixday xiddiga xiddiga Martin St. Louis afar sano, $ 22.5 milyan oo qandaraas ah oo qandaraas ah si ay u dhaqan gasho July 1, 2011. Bishii Luulyo 19, dhaqdhaqaaq kale oo ay la galeen ururka Flyers, Lightning waxay ku beddeleen daafaca Matt Walker iyo doorashada wareega afaraad ee Tampa Bay ee 2011 ee garabka sare ee Simon Gagne. Heshiisyada kale ee xilli ciyaareedka ka baxsan waxaa ka mid ahaa saxiixa weeraryahanada Sean Bergenheim, Dominic Moore iyo Marc-Antoine Pouliot, oo ay weheliyaan daafacyada Brett Clark, Randy Jones iyo Pavel Kubina iyo goolhaye Dan Ellis, iyo sidoo kale dib u saxiixa weeraryahanka xor u ah ee xaddidan Steve Downie oo laba sano ah, $ 3.7 milyan heshiis.