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W Van Landingham III
The Lightning have pretty much proven the last 3 seasons that you need 2 goalies. I can’t foresee Yzerman trading Bishop this year when the roster is set and they can afford to keep him around another year. Certainly I don’t think the Lightning would want to risk playing against him in the playoffs either. Last year the Lightning took Pittsburgh to 7 games with basically their B team, if only Bishop could stay healthy for an entire playoff run this is a cup winning team. However with Vassy locked up a few more years he should get more starts this year so if he does have to step in and play extended time in the playoffs he should be much more ready to go. Bishop has been the team MVP for the last 2 years, I wish there was a way to figure out how to keep him – and if he could have stayed healthy or even does so this year I think they will. The team can certainly always move Vassy if need be and use that money along with some other minor transactions to free up some cap room for him and I think they should do just that – again IF he stays healthy.