Ben Bishop

Ben Bishop, Martin Hanzal On The Move In Nhl

... did get a fourth-rounder and center Ryan White as part of the deal, but it’s hard to fully get behind mortgaging so many early-round picks for a guy whose value to the Wild may not last beyond 2017, even if Hanzal may have been a top-10 trade target. In contrast, the Kings’ deal for Bishop may have been exactly what L. A. needed. Fresh off a win over the Ducks, the Kings are in desperate need of a late-season hot streak, particularly at home, and bringing in the Lightning’s top-tier goalie is an automatic shoring up of at least part of the club’s defensive unit. Bishop has a cap hit, but he also brings playoff experience should Los Angeles find itself in the postseason. The package to land him, which included Peter Budaj , was a little more player-heavy than the Wild’s deal for Hanzal, but if L. A. truly believes Bishop will help catapult them into playoff contention, it might ...

Should Lightning Ride

... someone 10 games in a row is riding him. I don't see that happening.". But will Bishop be here to ride after the Mar. 1 deadline? Bishop, nearly dealt to the Flames at the June NHL Draft, has been the subject of trade rumors all season, and will continue to be all week. Bishop's recent play has no doubt helped his trade value. But has it also led the Lightning to want to hold onto him, giving them the best chance to make the playoffs. "I don't want to lose any of our guys at the trade deadline," Cooper said."We're in a different position now than we've been since I've been here. I don't believe in the whole buyers and sellers. It's how are we going to make the playoffs? We've got an unreal management team that's looking beyond this year. "This team has stayed together three straight years, we've had the same group and had a lot of success with that group. We've got this group in the room and we're going to roll with them.". By holding on to Bishop, who is an unrestricted free agent next summer, the Lightning would potentially lose him for nothing ...

Ben Bishop Hopes To Stay, But Also Wants To Play

... said he tries to ignore the distractions, but he's also human, and a guy who plans to get married this summer. Bishop has said he'd be lying if he said it didn't cross his mind. Bishop is 34 th in the league in save percentage at.904, 36 th in goals against average at 2.83. Not all of this is on him, as the Lightning (22-23-6) hasn't always played well in front of him. Bishop has also been limited to 28 games, partly due to missing three weeks with a lower body injury, and also due to splitting time with Vasilevskiy. For a veteran like Bishop who has started 60 plus games the past three seasons, that could be tough. You can argue it could be better to give Vasilevskiy the net and get something for Bishop, who'd have a chance to help a contending team down the stretch as he approaches unrestricted free agency. But it'd also be hard for Tampa Bay, still fighting for its playoff life, to watch Bishop go on a roll for another team. He is, after all, the best goalie ...

A Month To Remember For Goalie Ben Bishop

... to turn around, and ever since I've come back, I've felt pretty good.". Added Cooper: "I think both our guys [Bishop and Vasilevskiy] have deserved more breaks than they've received, and now they're getting them and that's good.". ICE CHIPS: Ryan Callahan is likely lost for the rest of the regular season after having a second surgical procedure performed on his ailing right hip on Tuesday. "He's one of those guys if you didn't get paid to play, he'd still be playing and blocking shots and doing all those things leading teams to victories," Cooper said. "He's that type of kid. For him to go through this whole process this year, especially when our team is kind of having an up and down year and he knows that he could be a part of helping us turn it around, I know it's killing him."…Jonathan Drouin is still battling the effects of the flu and will be a ...

The Ben Bishop Trade Is Startlingly Smart

... logic to this, on both sides—even if logic certainly doesn’t mean there’s not risk. The trade sends Bishop and a fifth-round draft pick to L. A. in exchange for backup goalie Peter Budaj, defensive prospect Erik Cernak (a former second-round pick), a seventh rounder, and a conditional draft pick tied to the Kings’ results. It’s a haul that could amount to something, and even that chance is better than what the Lightning would have gotten for Bishop if they hadn’t moved him before the March 1 trade deadline. Bishop, 30, will be an unrestricted free agent, and with 22-year-old Andrei Vasilevskiy waiting for his chance to be the Lightning’s clear No. 1, Tampa wasn’t going to re-sign Bishop. With the Lightning seven points back of the second wild card spot, with four teams in the way, it makes sense to sell. And it makes sense to get something for Bishop rather than lose him for nothing this summer. Bishop and Vasilevskiy have more or less split starts this season, and both have been a little ...

La Kings Acquire Goalie Ben Bishop In Trade With Lightning

... wild-card berth in the Western Conference. Quick returned only Saturday from a 59-game absence with a serious groin injury, and general manager Dean Lombardi didn't want to overwork his two-time Stanley Cup champion goalie during a difficult March schedule. "This is not an insurance policy," Lombardi said. "It is a way that we think to make sure that Jon is broken in properly, and make sure we're in position to win every game down the stretch. Let's face it, there's not a lot of room for error. and we want to make sure we have a No. 1 goalie in there every night.". The Kings gave up Budaj, who filled in admirably as their starter during Quick's 4 1/2-month absence, along with junior defenseman Erik Cernak. Tampa Bay also got a 2017 seventh-round pick and another conditional pick that could become a second-round selection, but only if extraordinary conditions are met. Los Angeles received Bishop and Tampa Bay's 2017 ...

Trading Bishop To L.a. Was The ‘only Option

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Chances Are High' Lightning Will Trade Ben Bishop Before Deadline

... a handful are realistically in a position to make a move. “If it’s a sign-and-trade or trade-and-sign kind of deal it’s going to be big for the Lightning and big for Ben Bishop and big for the team getting him,” Lavoie added. Renaud Lavoie: Chances high Lightning make noise before trade deadline. Originally aired February 23 2017. Your browser does not support the audio element. A team like the Calgary Flames needs to figure out its long-term goaltending situation with Brian Elliott and Chad Johnson being pending UFAs. The Flames and Lighting were close to completing a deal for Bishop prior to signing Elliott. The Dallas Stars have both Kari Lehtonen and Antti Niemi under contract for another year but only the Winnipeg Jets have allowed more goals this season. The St. Louis Blues , the team that drafted Bishop 85 th overall in 2005, are also in the market to add goaltending depth but they’ve got Jake Allen locked up for the next four years at a $4.35-million cap hit. They traded Bishop to the Ottawa Senators in 2012 for a second-round pick and ...

Alex Burrows Traded To Ottawa Senators

... Canucks should be serious about parting with the dragon-slayer, especially when they were considering buying him out just this past summer. Now he’s worth actual assets. It would be wasteful not to move him. 12:15 p.m.  – Both Ryan Miller and Jannik Hansen have some veto power when it comes to trading them. Are they planning to stand in Vancouver’s way if the Canucks put a deal together. Nope. And can you blame them? Miller in particular is an aging veteran looking for one last kick at the can. He said he’d “listen” if the Canucks approached him with another option, but one assumes he actually meant “weep with joy”. That said, there’s a new wrinkle in the Canucks’ crease. Jacob Markstrom suffered at injury at Canucks Super Skills over the weekend. If they trade Miller, they could be without a healthy goaltender for awhile. It’s not the end of the world, though. They’re likely not making the playoffs. Keeping Miller because Markstrom got hurt sure sounds ...

Will Ben Bishop Remain With The Lightning After The Nhl Trade Deadline

... this has been going on all year, so it's not really much of a change so I'm kinda getting used to it.". In the last five games, the netminder. in his ninth NHL season. has given up just 1.2 goals-per-game and has a save percentage of.946, helping the Lightning to within four points of the final wildcard spot. Still the rumors circulate and his teamates hope for the best. "Bish is a professional. I don't think he thinks about it, no one thinks about that kind of stuff, you just have to play your game and do what you have to do and go from there" said Tyler Johnson, who is tied for second on the team with 17 goals. "He's a huge part of our team," said Alex Killorn. "As of late he has been playing so well it would be tough to think of our team without him.". A trade deadline, a playoff push and a hot team with a hot goalie. Hard to imagine the Bolts ...