Ben Bishop

Embed from Getty Images Sudden Impact It is not often a rookie goaltender can step in and have a major impact on a team's run to the Stanley Cup with a Stanley Cup Final appearance, and a championship win, at that. However, Matt Murray of the Pittsburgh Penguins has gone against the odds and done just that. Despite his brief…

Embed from Getty Images On the evening of May 26, 2016, the Tampa Bay Lightning were eliminated in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals by the Pittsburgh Penguins. They join the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Minnesota Wild, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Chicago Blackhawks, Anaheim Ducks,…

Embed from Getty Images Sorry, Detroit - you were booted once again by the Tampa Bay Lightning. While everyone thought you had a great chance to defeat the injury-stricken Lightning, you couldn't stop a fantastic Nikita Kucherov who had eight points in the five games (5 G, 3 A). Sure, you went to seven games last year, and went back…

http://gty.im/460699118 Nothing Doing with Drouin The pressure is really on in Tampa Bay now with two more players seemingly on their way out. Today, Jonathan Drouin's Agent, Allan Walsh pushed the envelope as he made public his young star's wish for a trade. https://twitter.com/hockeynight/status/683761077461606401 In his statement, it was…