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Why Ben Bishop's down year last season sort of makes his Stars debut even more exciting

Talk about your outliers.

Ben Bishop last season finished 29th in wins at 18-15-5, 29th in save percentage at .910 and 20th in goals against average at 2.54. Not the numbers you'd expect from the 30-year-old who has spent most of his career among the NHL's top 10 in those categories.

Bishop had a pretty good reason for the down season, and it sort of makes his debut with the Stars even more exciting.

With his Tampa Bay Lightning under a salary cap crunch and Bishop needing a new contract at year's end, the veteran goalie was left to twist in the wind awaiting a trade.