Cody Franson debuted for the Nashville Predators in 2009, four years after the native of British Columbia was drafted in the Third Round.
Franson had a very good rookie year, finishing 11th in Calder voting, with 21 Points and a +15 Plus/Minus. The season after, Franson scored 29 Points with a +10 Plus/Minus, and should have been a stalwart for the Predators for years to come. Instead, Nashville dealt the Defenseman to Toronto, though years later, he was sent back for Nashville’s 2015 playoff run. Franson signed with Buffalo afterward, ending his Predators run with 54 Points.
A Los Angeles King for the first five-and-a-half years of his NHL career, Neil Komadoski was a defensive stalwart for the team throughout the 1970s.
Komadoski was not an offensive star, only scoring 67 Points with Los Angeles, but he had a Plus/Minus of +18, a good number considering where the Kings were at the time. He was traded to St. Louis midway through the 1977/78 campaign.
Matt Greene was a member of the Edmonton Oilers before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the 2008 off-season. In L.A., he finished his career, but it wasn't brief, as he played there for nine seasons.
Greene was a traditional stay-at-home Defenseman who didn't score much, but didn't have to. He only accumulated 67 Points in a Kings uniform but had a Plus/Minus of +21 and was a crucial part of their 2012 and 2014 Stanley Cup wins.
Chris Mason made his NHL debut in the 1998-99 Season, appearing in three games. It took another two years before he played in another NHL contest, a single one in the 2000-01 campaign. Mason signed with Florida in 2002 but never made it to their main roster and was claimed back by the organization a year later. He would finally see some serious action in the biggest hockey league in the world.
Mason was his backup in 2003-04 and 2005-06 (2004-05 was a lockout), but he was in between the pipes for 40 Games in 2006-07, posting a 2.38 GAA and 9.25 Save Percentage. The following year, those numbers were lower, but he was elevated to the top Goalie in Nashville, appearing in 51 Games. Mason was traded to St. Louis at season's end, but he returned as a Free Agent for one final season in 2012-13, appearing in 11 Games before retiring.
He had a record of 59-50-13 with the Predators with a 2.68 GAA.