Former Predators goaltender Dan Ellis will return to Bridgestone Arena Saturday night as a member of the Anaheim Ducks. (Sarah Fuqua)
Anaheim Ducks goaltender Dan Ellis is best known in Nashville for his three year stint as a Predator. In his three years, Ellis managed to lead the league in save percentage one time and managed to push an eventual Stanley Cup champion to the brink of elimination during his lone playoff stint.
In the offseason of 2010, with Ellis looking for a full-time starting job and with Pekka Rinne firmly planted as Nashville’s number one goaltender, the Predators traded Ellis’ rights – as well as those of Dustin Boyd – to the Montreal Canadiens for the rights to restricted free agent Sergei Kostitsyn. Unable to come to terms with Montreal, Ellis signed a two-year deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
With the Lightning having their own logjam at goal and with Anaheim Ducks goaltender Jonas Hiller suffering from vertigo, the Ducks picked up E...
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