Posts About "Peter Budaj"
Quick Injury Masks Kings' Bigger Issue
October 13th, 2018 A collective sense of despair fell harshly upon Southern California on Saturday afternoon, as superstar goalie Jonathan Quick sustained a lower body injury in practice. Quick will be sidelined indefinitely, with no set timetable for his return. The 12-year veteran is coming off a stellar 2017-18 season in which he posted a...
L.A. Kings' Ben Bishop Trades Revisited
August 3rd, 2018 It's been more than a year since the Los Angeles Kings made a pair of perplexing transactions involving goaltender Ben Bishop — first acquiring him from the Tampa Bay Lightning for Peter Budaj, Erik Cernak, and a couple of picks, then dealing him to the Dallas Stars for a fourth-round pick — all within 72 days. They're a pair of...
Vasilevskiy's Backup: Domingue or Budaj?
March 2nd, 2018 At the start of the 2017-18 season, the Tampa Bay Lightning's backup goaltender situation seemed clear. After receiving goaltender Peter Budaj as a piece in the Ben Bishop trade with the L.A. Kings, he seemed to be the perfect fit for the Lightning. After playing well for the last month and a half of the season, the Lightning re-signed...
Budaj Injury Provides Opportunity for Lightning
January 1st, 2018 With Peter Budaj's rather serious injury incurred against the Philadelphia Flyers, the Tampa Bay Lightning will be forced to answer a looming question about the team. While starting goaltender Andrei Vasileveskiy is one of the best goaltenders in the league this year, Budaj has been a less-than-inspiring back-up. While he has done...
Tape2Tape: Is Carey Price a Part-Time Goalie?
November 28th, 2017 On November 25, Montreal Canadiens’ goaltender Carey Price made his return to the lineup following a 10-game stint on injured reserve (IR) with a lower-body injury. While rumours surfaced that it could might have had some relation to his previous knee injury - suffered two years ago - coach Claude Julien was quick to shut those rumour...
Budaj’s a Necessity for the Lightning
October 17th, 2017 Backup goaltending is an important and often overlooked aspect of a team’s dynamic. When a team has a reliable backup, it allows them to spread the workload out just enough to give the starter a break while not throwing them completely out of their groove. The truly great backups are able to step in and win their games while waiting in...
Lightning Re-Sign Peter Budaj
June 19th, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed goaltender Peter Budaj to a two-year contract extension with a cap hit of $1.025 million per season, TSN Insider Bob McKenzie reported Monday. Recording a 30-21-3 record with an impressive 2.18 goals-against average and a .915 save percentage in 60 games last season, Budaj was a big part of keeping...
Bruins' Backup Goalie Options
June 11th, 2017 The backup goaltending position was god-awful in the first half for the Boston Bruins. It didn't matter who they put in the crease on Tuukka Rask's night off. As a matter of fact, since the start of the season til Feb. 4, Anton Khudobin, Zane McIntyre, and Malcolm Subban combined for a record of 1-10-2. Even if the team in front of the...
The Ben Bishop Trade: Then & Now
May 30th, 2017 When former Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi traded for Ben Bishop prior to the trade deadline, it created a buzz throughout the hockey world. The deal came just a day after their All-Star and two-time Stanley Cup Champion goaltender Jonathan Quick returned from a serious groin injury that cost him 59 games. The trade begged the...
Bringing Back Budaj Would Benefit Lightning
May 24th, 2017 One of the decisions Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman faces this summer is who will backup goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy next season. But if the Lightning have their way (and can afford him), bringing back Peter Budaj would benefit the club — for a number of reasons. Budaj, who turns 35 in September, was acquired...
Ingram Is Next on Lightning Goalie Carousel
April 5th, 2017 The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Connor Ingram to a three-year, entry-level contract on Tuesday. Ingram's contract was the third goaltending transaction the Lightning have made in the 2016-17 season. In February, they traded Ben Bishop to the Los Angeles Kings for Peter Budaj in a move that also involved an exchange of draft...
Kings or Jacks? The Statistics Are Telling
April 4th, 2017 In my previous post, I proposed a few questions to the Los Angeles Kings fan base; primarily whether Darryl Sutter or Dean Lombardi, or maybe both, are to blame for the team’s struggles the past few years. The Kings might have been officially eliminated from playoff contention after Sunday night’s loss to the Arizona Coyotes, but...
Quick Won't Be the Kings' Savior
February 27th, 2017 It took 59 games, but the Los Angeles Kings were finally able to say Jonathan Quick would start for them in net on Saturday afternoon. Quick went down with a groin injury just 20 minutes into the 2016-17 season and had been sidelined since. However, all that changed when the Kings hosted the Anaheim Ducks over the weekend. Whether or...
