TAMPA, Fla. – The move felt inevitable. By Sunday morning, it seemed imminent.
Ben Bishop is no longer the backbone of the Tampa Bay Lightning success as he goes down as the most successful goaltender in franchise history. Bishop was traded to the Los Angeles Kings along with a 2017 fifth-round pick in exchange for veteran goaltender Peter Budaj, prospect defenseman Erik Cernak a seventh-round pick in 2017 along with a conditional pick in 2017.
Tampa Bay will retain 20-percent of Bishop’s salary for the remainder of the season, according to Pierre LeBrun of TSN/ESPN.Speculation started to swir...
