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• Ben Bishop: Set for front office job

  06/29/2023 • By RotoWire

  Bishop will join the Stars' front office Saturday when his contract with the Sabres expires, Saad Yousuf of The Athletic reports. Bishop hasn't played in the NHL since the 2019-20 season due to a career-ending knee injury, but he technically remained active for the remainder of his contract. He'll retire from playing with a career 222-128-36 record, 2.32 GAA and .921 save percentage over 413 contests. Bishop will take over as Director of Player Development for the Stars, with whom he spent parts of three seasons at the tail end of his career.

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• Sabres' Ben Bishop: Dealt to Sabres

  06/10/2022 • By RotoWire

  Dallas traded Bishop (knee) and a seventh-round pick to Buffalo on Friday for future considerations. Bishop's knee injury is expected to prevent the 35-year-old from returning to the NHL, so the Sabres will take on the final year of his contract while picking up a late draft pick. The team could stash him on long-term injured reserve once the 2022-23 campaign begins, but Buffalo may not need to worry about that with over $35 million in cap space currently.

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• Stars' Ben Bishop: Knee issue considered career-ending

  12/11/2021 • By RotoWire

  Stars general manager Jim Nill said Saturday that Bishop will remain on long-term injured reserve with a degenerative knee injury that will spell the end of the goaltender's career, Matthew DeFranks of The Dallas Morning News reports. The news comes as a major shock, as Bishop just completed his first conditioning game with AHL Texas and was expected to start again for the affiliate Saturday. He allowed eight goals on 34 shots and mentioned after the game that his knee felt fine for the first two periods but was a little sore in the third. The 35-year-old last played an NHL game in 2020 and spent over a year trying to return from surgery, but his degenerative knee condition ultimately was too much to overcome. Bishop finishes his career having posted fantastic numbers (222-128-36, .921 save percentage, 2.32 GAA) with St. Louis, Ottawa, Tampa Bay, Los Angeles and Dallas. He'll remain on the Stars' books through the 2022-23 season while the team waits for his six-year, $29.5 million contract extension he signed in May 2017 to expire.

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• Stars' Ben Bishop: Recalled by Stars

  12/11/2021 • By RotoWire

  Bishop (knee) was recalled from his conditioning assignment with AHL Texas by the Stars on Saturday. Although Bishop's been recalled by the big club, he'll remain on long-term injured reserve indefinitely with his knee injury. The 35-year-old netminder struggled in his lone appearance with AHL Texas during his conditioning stint, allowing eight goals on 34 shots, but that was to be expected considering Bishop hasn't seen game action in nearly 16 months.

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• Stars' Ben Bishop: Slated for conditioning assignment

  12/06/2021 • By RotoWire

  Bishop (knee) is expected to join AHL Texas on a conditioning assignment soon, Matthew DeFranks of The Dallas Morning News reports. The minor-league Stars are in action versus AHL Chicago on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday, so there could be plenty of opportunities for Bishop to play. How the netminder fits into Dallas' plan moving forward remains to be seen, but he should be in the mix for at least a share of the workload once deemed fully fit.

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