Report: The Flames missed out on Ben Bishop three times

Photo Credit: Sergei Belski / USA Today SportsThere’s an old saying: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. When it comes to the Calgary Flames attempting to acquire goaltender Ben Bishop, it appears that trying repeatedly wasn’t a recipe for success.

Per a Twitter report by Kelowna Daily Courier reporter Larry Fisher, the trade that saw Bishop go from Los Angeles to Dallas today was the third time that the Flames failed to acquire the netminder.

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According to Fisher’s flurry of tweets, here were the three attempts:

Prior to the 2016 NHL Draft, the Flames had a deal in principle agreed to with the Lightning for Bishop – it’s unclear what would have gone the other way, but…