In mid-November the Tampa Bay Lightning made a minor trade. They sent Michael Leighton and Tye McGinn to Arizona for Louis Domingue. At the time it didn’t much of a ripple among the fan base. After all, what importance does a swap of AHL talent mean to a club that was laying waste to the NHL? Now the deal might not be such a small deal.
On Friday night backup netminder Peter Budaj was doing his best to keep the Lightning in the game against the Flyers.