Two years ago, ESPN.com's Scott Burnside sat down with Ben Bishop on the eve of the 2015 Stanley Cup playoffs to talk about becoming a playoff starter for the first time. Bishop and the Tampa Bay Lightning would go on to advance all the way to the Stanley Cup finals and then make a return trip to the Eastern Conference finals the following spring.
But the sands on which NHL careers are built are ever-changing, and now Bishop, a two-time Vezina Trophy finalist who was dealt to the Los Angeles Kings on Feb.