TAMPA — Cory Conacher was the trade piece used to land Ben Bishop, the Vezina Trophy-caliber goalie who elevated the Lightning to perennial Stanley Cup contenders.
Now, three years later, the two have a chance to see their names together on the Cup.
“That would be weird,” Conacher said.
But weird in a good way.
Conacher called the one-year, one-way $575,000 contract he signed last week with the Lightning a “dream come true.” The forward is reunited with coach Jon Cooper, whom he played for at Norfolk in 2011-12, and with former Norfolk and Lightning teammates Alex Killorn, Ondrej Palat and Tyler Johnson.