Lightning ink goaltender Peter Budaj to two-year deal

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The Tampa Bay Lightning signed goaltender Peter Budaj to a two-year contract on Thursday, the team announced.

The terms of the deal were not immediately known, but earlier in the week Joe Smith of the Tampa Bay Times reported its average annual value would be $1.025 million.

Budaj was traded to Tampa Bay this past February in the deal that sent netminder Ben Bishop to the Los Angeles Kings. He played in seven games for the Lightning, posting a 3-1-0 record with a 2.80 goals-against average. Prior to the trade he appeared in 53 games with the Kings, going 27-20-3 with a 2.12 goals-against and .917 save percentage.

The 30 total wins he collected during the 2016-17 campaign were second most in his career; Budaj won 31 games in 2006-07 with the Colorado Avalanche.

The 34-year-old native of Slovakia figures to back up starter Andrei Vasilevskiy this season.

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June 22, 2017

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Peter Budaj
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Tampa Bay Lightning
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2 yrs
CONTRACT TYPE
Re-signing
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