Budaj was traded to the Lightning on Sunday, along with a 2017 seventh-round pick, 2017 conditional pick and prospect Erik Cernak in exchange for fellow netminder Ben Bishop.

EDGE Analysis

A distant backup for most of his career, Budaj has made the most of an injury to Jonathan Quick (groin) this year, putting up a 16-12-3 record, 2.55 GAA and .911 save percentage with Los Angeles. He'll now head to a Bolts organization that favors Andrei Vasilevskiy as the netminder of the future, which means Budaj is likely to again assume a backup role. However, Budaj has stood in so admirably for Quick in Hockeywood this season that he could push Vasilevskiy for crease time as Tampa pushes for a playoff berth down the stretch.