The New Jersey Devils have acquired goaltender Louis Domingue from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. Domingue was playing with Tampa Bay's AHL team in Syracuse and will report to the Devils' AHL affiliate in Binghamton.
Tampa Bay shall receive New Jersey's own seventh-round pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft if any one of the following conditions is met:
1) Domingue plays in seven NHL regular-season games for the New Jersey Devils during the 2019-2020 NHL regular season; or
2) Domingue plays in one NHL playoff game for the New Jersey Devils during the 2020 NHL playoffs; or
3) Domingue is traded by the New Jersey Devils prior to the start of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft.
If none of these conditions is met, Tampa Bay gets nothing.
Domingue, 27, has played in four games for the Crunch this season, posting a 2-1-1 record with a 3.81 goals-against average. Last season, he set a personal NHL-career high in wins when he went 21-5-0 in 26 games with the Lightning, with a .908 save percentage and 2.88 goals-against average
The move appears to be a cap relief one for Tampa Bay as Domingue has a one-way contract and gets paid the same amount whether in the NHL or AHL. It leaves Mike Condon and Scott Wedgewood between the pipes in Syracuse should either.
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