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Matt Carle will wear number 25 for the Tampa Bay Lightning, a number many thought would eventually be (or maybe already was, at least unofficially) retired in honor of the last player to wear it, former captain Dave Andreychuk.

Today, we take a look at center Dave Gagner, goaltender Mike Vernon, and defenseman Brad Ference.

The Lightning have conducted 18 NHL Entry drafts in their history. With their 19th draft looming, we begin a series of posts on previous draft classes. We begin the series with a short post on the success fo the 1992 draft class.