Stars’ Bishop waives no-move clause for expansion draft

Ben Bishop is doing his team a solid.

The Dallas Stars goaltender has agreed to waive his no-movement clause for the expansion draft, general manager Jim Nill told Matthew DeFranks of The Dallas Morning News.

The decision applies only to the expansion draft and not a trade, Nill confirmed.

The Stars are now able to protect fellow netminder Anton Khudobin. Youngster Jake Oettinger is exempt. He split time in the crease with Khudobin this past season.

Bishop missed the entire 2020-21 campaign after undergoing offseason surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his knee, and he played only three playoff games during Dallas' run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2020. His status for next season is unclear.

There are two years remaining on the 34-year-old's contract, and he carries an annual cap hit of $4.92 million, according to CapFriendly.

Bishop has battled other injuries throughout his career, but he's been an elite puck-stopper when healthy. He produced a .920 save percentage and a 2.50 goals-against average over 44 games during the 2019-20 season.

The towering 6-foot-7 netminder has been a Vezina Trophy finalist three times, including as recently as 2018-19.

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