Confirmed with Link: Kings aquire Bishop, 2017 5th rd pk for Budaj , Erik Cernak, 7th & cond pick

[kingskring]

Bob McKenzieVerified account‏@TSNBobMcKenzie 2m2 minutes ago
Ben Bishop has been traded to LAK.

LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Kings have acquired goaltender Ben Bishop and a fifth-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for goaltender Peter Budaj , defenseman Erik Cernak, a seventh-round pick in the 2017 NHL Draft and a conditional pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, Kings President/General Manager Dean Lombardi announced today.

Bishop, 30 (born Nov. 21, 1986), has played in 32 games with the Lightning this year, posting a 16-12-3 record, a 2.55 goals-against average, a .911 save percentage and one shutout.

The 6-7, 216-pound native of Denver, Colo. has played for the Lightning, Ottawa Senators and St. Louis Blues during his eight-year NHL career. In 263 career regular-season games he has posted a 146-77-23 record, a 2.32 goals-against average, a .919 save percentage and 19 shutouts.

https://www.nhl.com/kings/news/la-kings-acquire-lightning-ben-bishop-for-peter-budaj/c-287157242

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[PJ Kings Hockey]

huh? From here on out it's all 1-0 OT victories. Playoffs, here we come!

 

[kingsboy11]

Apparently its Cernak, Budaj and some picks going to Tampa

 

[KingsHockey24]

So we're gonna be getting what.. 10-11 games out of Bishop?

Yolo.

 

[KopitarFAN]

More wasted assets with a team going nowhere fast.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Unless the Kings are getting the better pick coming back, this makes no sense.

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

So we're gonna be getting what.. 10-11 games out of Bishop?

Yolo.

Yeah, right. More like 2-3.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

Apparently we have a bunch of back to backs left so in a vacuum, that's that. Every game is a playoff game right now.

Something more has to give though, right?

Reserving judgment, but at first glance, what a waste of assets.

 

[BigKing]

Horrific at first blush. What a joke

 

[johnjm22]

There must be something going on that we don't know about, otherwise this deal makes no sense.

 

[ottawa]

Could it be Quick is still injured?

 

[DAkings20]

Another dumb trade by DL.

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Reserving judgment, but at first glance, what a waste of assets.

That's been Lombardi's modus operandus since 2015. Blowing assets every year. Probably was looking at another soon to be bust with a 2nd round pick wasted on Cernak too. Kings sure love these prospects with limited upside, especially when they can eventually move them for rentals who will be gone in a matter of months.

 

[Raccoon Jesus]

There must be something going on that we don't know about, otherwise this deal makes no sense.

Same. Something smells funny. At least, I hope

Annoyed that we would wait all season to pull the trigger on a starter...

But maybe Bishop is getting flipped back to the east coast, a la jones.

 

[dman3474]

Tampa kept $ on the trade per LeBrun

 

[Reaper45]

Yeesh. I'm a huge DL fan, best GM this team had ever had but this is ****ing brutal.

 

[DAkings20]

Can DL trade himself?

I'd take a conditional pick at this point.

 

[Bandit]

Only way this makes sense is if Bishop is going somewhere else along with Gaborik or Brown. Otherwise what the ****???

 

[Kingspiracy]

Do we have the cap space to get price as well?

 

[WHOneedsSOX]

Does Bishop count as a player lost to expansion if Vegas takes him?

 

[DFC]

TB fan checking in. I think you guys are going to be surprised at just how good Ben Bishop is, and how much better he makes the team in front of him. Even with all the attention he's gotten lately, he's still one of the best kept secrets in the league. An absolute general in the crease.

Congrats and good luck.

 

[deaderhead28]

So much for those saying this wasn't going to happen lol

 

[Kingspiracy]

TB fan checking in. I think you guys are going to be surprised at just how good Ben Bishop is, and how much better he makes the team in front of him. Even with all the attention he's gotten lately, he's still one of the best kept secrets in the league. An absolute general in the crease.

Congrats and good luck.

Thanks, he's kind of spare with Quick about, which makes it a weird trade from our side.

Good luck with the futures

 

[Sacha Baron Corbin]

Bishop-Quick is now the top tandem in the NHL but is it really worth giving up Cernak for 5-10 games from Bishop?

 

[JureEe]