2011 could be the last year for Dwayne Rolson's NHL career. Roloson will become an unrestricted free agent following the 2011 playoffs barring an offer from the Lightning. January 1, 2011 was the luckiest day of the year for the Lightning faithful. The struggling New York Islanders dealt away Roloson for 22 year old defenseman Ty Wishart. The trade was a classy move by the Islanders because it gave the 41 year old Roloson an opportunity to play for a dominant Tampa Bay squad. The Tampa Bay Lightning have dealt with goaltender woes since they last won the Stanley Cup with goaltender Nickolai Khabibulin. The addition of Roloson lifted the Lighting to the 5th overall seed heading into the playoffs. Roloson had a solid regular season with the Lighting boasting a .912 save percentage coupled with a 2.56 goals against average. Once in the playoffs, however, Roloson took his game to a whole new level. In the playoffs thus far, Roloson flaunts a .941 save percentage and a 2.01 goals against average. This dominant performance by Roloson was last seen in the 2006 NHL playoffs. Roloson lead the 8th seeded Edmonton Oilers to the Stanley Cup finals taking down the Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks, and Anaheim Mighty Ducks in his path. In the first game of the Stanley Cup Finals Roloson suffered a third degree MCL sprain and would miss the remainder of the series. Roloson nearly won Edmonton a Stanley Cup, and looks determined to win won for Tampa Bay.
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