Goaltender Ben Bishop has been as vital for the Tampa Bay Lightning as any other player on their roster over the last two seasons. He helped lead the Lightning to a Stanley Cup Final appearance in 2015, and he was having another solid postseason run this season until strained ankle ligaments sidelined him in the Eastern Conference Final.
However, despite Bishop's success, there is a good chance general manager Steve Yzerman could trade him in the offseason. Not only do the Lightning have a strong backup goalie in Andrei Vasilevskiy, but the upcoming expansion draft in 2017 will also allow NHL teams to protect only one goalie.
Bishop is under contract for $5.95 million in 2016-17, according to General Fanager, but he is scheduled to be a free agent after the upcoming season. Vasilevskiy will earn $925,000 in the upcoming season, and he is under contract for the following three seasons at $3.5 million per year.
That's a reasonable salary for a No. 1 goalie, and that's one of the primary reasons Yzerman could move Bishop.
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