from Pierre LeBrun of ESPN,

Ben Bishop? Marc-Andre Fleury? Brian Elliott?

Just which goalie exactly ends up in Calgary remains to be seen but my sense is that Bishop tops the list as far as the Flames’ interest. Now that expansion is official, the Tampa Bay Lightning know they've got 12 months to figure out their goalie situation and I think it's more likely than not that they trade Bishop sooner rather than later in order to maximize his value since he's got just one year left on his deal.

Either way, the expansion draft rules that stipulate teams protecting only one goalie should benefit the Flames in their search of a goalie. Right?

"Yeah, that’s a fair statement, that's fair," he said, smiling. "It's a balancing act of timing, it's a balancing act of acquisition cost, it's all those types of things. You’ve seen it in the market so far. There's deals that have been done because of expansion coming [eg., Frederik Andersen to Toronto]. I expect there will be more, but when those happen, we'll see."

The belief is that the Pittsburgh Penguins are asking too high a price from Calgary in a Fleury deal, perhaps because GM Jim Rutherford doesn't feel he truly has to move Fleury now, that maybe he can start next season with Fleury and Matt Murray, and decide later what to do.

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