{"id":31558,"date":"2018-06-22T16:56:33","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=31558"},"modified":"2018-06-22T16:56:33","modified_gmt":"2018-06-22T20:56:33","slug":"tampa-bay-lightning-extend-goalie-louis-domingue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/06\/22\/tampa-bay-lightning-extend-goalie-louis-domingue\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Bay Lightning Extend Goaltender Louis Domingue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tampa Bay Lightning<\/a> have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/1010256068394586112\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>re-signed<\/strong><\/a> RFA goaltender\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dominlo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louis Domingue<\/a><\/strong> to a 2-year contract worth $2.30 million, with an AAV of $1.15 million per season. This contract carries him through the 2019-2020 season.<\/p>\n<p>The expectation is to have Domingue be the backup to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/v\/vasilan02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Andrei Vasilevskiy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We have also signed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/dominlo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louis Domingue<\/a> to a two-year contract worth $1.15 million per season.<\/p>\n<p>Glad to have you back, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/domingue35?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@domingue35<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WhfRr6t9NC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/WhfRr6t9NC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBLightning\/status\/1010255151477788672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 22, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Louis Domingue Re-Signs With Lightning<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Over his five year NHL career, Domingue has played for the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/coyotes\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona Coyotes<\/a> and the Tampa Bay Lightning. Louis Domingue came over to Tampa Bay in a trade that sent <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/l\/leighmi01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Leighton<\/a><\/strong> back to the Arizona Coyotes. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mcginty01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tye McGinn<\/a><\/strong> was sent to the Coyotes in the deal. He has put up a 34-44-8 career record in 96 career appearances with 77 career starts. He also has a 2.98 goals against average, .907 save percentage, and 2 shutouts.<\/p>\n<p>Louis Domingue came into relief during a game in the 2018 playoffs for the Tampa Bay Lightning, where he didn&#8217;t let in a goal. Besides that, he has never started or played in an NHL playoff game before.<\/p>\n<p>Last season Domingue played in 7 games for the Coyotes. He went 0-6 with a 4.33 GAA and a .856 save percentage. When traded to the Lightning, he put up a 7-3-1 record with a 2.89 goals against average and a .914 save percentage.<\/p>\n<h2>What This Means For The Future<\/h2>\n<p>Domingue has never been looked at as a starting goalie in the NHL. When the 2017-18 season kicked off, Domingue definitely had his struggles and it showed. He left the team after not being able to secure a single win for them as a backup. Although you cannot put all the blame on Domingue, he played for a very mediocre team before being traded.<\/p>\n<p>When traded to Tampa, Domingue found his game. It makes sense, Tampa Bay is a much better team compared to Arizona. When being put in front of a better defense core, it is no surprise that his game stepped up quite a notch.<\/p>\n<p>The signing is a low-risk deal. Louis Domingue clearly showed he can be a backup for the time he was in Tampa. General manager <strong>Steve Yzerman<\/strong> decided to roll the dice on him.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"VGVF8m7NRHBwdCeNx7w5TA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/957673348\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'VGVF8m7NRHBwdCeNx7w5TA',sig:'Zoaeg35IYP_XTPGFeekv9Y_brZ8H16XGXP9EoLVmLIs=',w:'594px',h:'445px',items:'957673348',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed RFA goaltender Louis Domingue to a 2-year contract worth $2.30 million, with an AAV of $1.15 million per season. 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