Brewin Flames Posted June 10, 2022 Share Posted June 10, 2022 The Dallas Stars are already diving into another offseason of making moves. The organization announced on Friday it had agreed to send goalie Ben Bishop’s contract and a 2022 seventh-round draft pick to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for future considerations. The move will make life easier on the Stars in the coming months while navigating the salary cap without Bishop on LTIR, and it will allow Dallas to potentially avoid performance bonus overages in 2023-24. After more than a year trying to return from knee surgery, Bishop’s career officially came to an end in December. Bishop finished his career with 413 games played across five franchises. He was a Vezina Trophy finalist three times, including second-place finishes in 2015-16 with Tampa Bay and 2018-19 with Dallas. He played 143 games for the Stars across three seasons, going 74-48-11 with a .923 save percentage and 1.98 goals-against average. He was part of the league’s best goaltending tandem with Anton Khudobin and set a career high by making 52 saves against the Blues in Game 7 in 2019. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dallas Stars are already diving into another offseason of making moves. The organization announced on Friday it had agreed to send goalie Ben Bishop’s contract and a 2022 seventh-round draft pick to the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for future considerations. The move will make life easier on the Stars in the coming months while navigating the salary cap without Bishop on LTIR, and it will allow Dallas to potentially avoid performance bonus overages in 2023-24. After more than a year trying to return from knee surgery, Bishop’s career officially came to an end in December. Bishop finished his career with 413 games played across five franchises. He was a Vezina Trophy finalist three times, including second-place finishes in 2015-16 with Tampa Bay and 2018-19 with Dallas. He played 143 games for the Stars across three seasons, going 74-48-11 with a .923 save percentage and 1.98 goals-against average. He was part of the league’s best goaltending tandem with Anton Khudobin and set a career high by making 52 saves against the Blues in Game 7 in 2019.
Math Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 I'm absolutely shocked that his contract hasn't been sent to Arizona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Math said: I'm absolutely shocked that his contract hasn't been sent to Arizona. This was exactly my thought when I first called it. It's been their MO. I'm really not sure this makes sense for Buffalo. Edited June 12, 2022 by ruxpin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 7 hours ago, ruxpin said: This was exactly my thought when I first called it. It's been their MO. I'm really not sure this makes sense for Buffalo. How do other teams do this and we stay either stuck with JVRs and Hayes and Ristos, or we send good players along with 2nds? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, flyercanuck said: How do other teams do this and we stay either stuck with JVRs and Hayes and Ristos, or we send good players along with 2nds? If you were more local, you'd know what's happened to Comcast Sportsnet. https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2020/08/the-rise-and-demise-of-comcast-sportsnet-as-told-by-those-who-worked-there-and-loved-it-best.html It's very similar to what's happened and is happening to the Flyers. #Comcast Humanity has been removed and replaced by fat and cancer-filled golems. Edited June 12, 2022 by ruxpin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyercanuck Posted June 12, 2022 Share Posted June 12, 2022 27 minutes ago, ruxpin said: If you were more local, you'd know what's happened to Comcast Sportsnet. https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2020/08/the-rise-and-demise-of-comcast-sportsnet-as-told-by-those-who-worked-there-and-loved-it-best.html It's very similar to what's happened and is happening to the Flyers. #Comcast Humanity has been removed and replaced by fat and cancer-filled golems. Ya,I've been a Flyer fan long enough to have actually seen them win championships. I've never had a problem with a team bottoming out and trying to rebuild...I actually enjoy the journey. This isn't that, as you well know. This is a group of imbeciles who have no clue what they're doing treading water until the entire thing drowns. I've never cared less about the Flyers. Hopefully something happens there soon that brings some hope to a declining franchise. It's sickening what they've done. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Math Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/11/2022 at 11:40 PM, ruxpin said: This was exactly my thought when I first called it. It's been their MO. I'm really not sure this makes sense for Buffalo. I think it will help to reach the cap floor and give the Stars some flexibility towards the cap while allowing owner Gaglardi to save some cash. I don't know the exact details but I think all teams have to be cap compliant at the start of the season, and aftet that they can LTIR guys and save some cap space. Even if the path is still long, this could help to bring Klingberg (even if I still don't think he'll re-sign) back as the Stars are in desperate need for top-4 RHD. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxpin Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Math said: I think it will help to reach the cap floor and give the Stars some flexibility towards the cap while allowing owner Gaglardi to save some cash. I don't know the exact details but I think all teams have to be cap compliant at the start of the season, and aftet that they can LTIR guys and save some cap space. Even if the path is still long, this could help to bring Klingberg (even if I still don't think he'll re-sign) back as the Stars are in desperate need for top-4 RHD. Yeah, completely makes sense to me from the Stars vantage. I'm just a little stunned that Buffalo was the dance partner and not Arizona or Seattle. But I'm guessing Buffalo made the assessment that they can resign the people they need to and get a backup goalie but still need help getting to the cap floor. I don't think this is "the year" for Buffalo and maybe it's best for them to wait and see how/whether the kids develop before adding longterm payroll with a free agent signing. Interesting decision to me, but if that's the reasoning I'm on board. Savvy move by Dallas to do it and only have it cost them a 7th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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