{"id":704857,"date":"2017-06-19T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=704857"},"modified":"2017-06-19T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T20:43:35","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-give-goalie-peter-budaj-a-two-year-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/tampa-bay-lightning-give-goalie-peter-budaj-a-two-year-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning Give Goalie Peter Budaj A Two Year Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tampa<\/a>Tampa Bay Lightning goalie Peter Budaj<\/a> has agreed to a two-year\u00a0extension with the club. The contract has an AAV of $1.025M.<\/p>\n

The contract is not signed yet because of the roster freeze, but the\u00a0Lightning have\u00a0their backup goalie.<\/p>\n

Budaj played in seven games for the Bolts last season, starting four of them. He registered a 2.80 GAA and a .898 SV%.<\/p>\n

Budaj’s priority was to stay with Tampa Bay because his family moved here.<\/p>\n

Beat writer Joe Smith<\/a> tells us,\u00a0Peter Budaj’s agent Rolly Hedges: “There was a great interest in Peter coming back. He likes the Tampa Bay area. He likes his teammates.”<\/p>\n

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Between Vasilevskiy and Budaj, Yzerman has just $4.525M locked into his goalies for the next two seasons.<\/p>\n

— Mike Halford (@MikeHalford604) June 19, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n