This year has seen a great dispersal of goaltenders in the Tampa Bay Lightning organization. In the last six months, Ben Bishop, Kristers Gudlevskis, Adam Wilcox and Mike McKenna have all been moved out of the organization. On Wednesday, Syracuse Crunch GM Julien BriseBois brought that trend to a halt when he announced that Nicola Riopel re-signed with the team.
The former French Cup champion spent a brief time with the Crunch last season when he was called up after Gudlevskis went to Tampa while Bishop was sidelined with an injury.