Bishop said he feels well enough that if he played a different position, he would be able to play. But with the lingering injury, Bishop said his recovery is equally mental and physical.
"It's just the goalie position," he said. "If I was a forward, I'd be able to play, but just the movements, going down in the butterfly, moving around, you don't want to be thinking about it when you're out there, so it's just a matter of getting better and not having to think about it when you're playing."
Bishop is 8-2 with a 1.86 goals-against average and .939 save percentage in the 2016 Stanley Cup Playoffs. The Vezina Trophy finalist was 35-21-4 with a career-low 2.06 GAA in the regular season.
In Game 7 of the 2015 Eastern Conference Final, Bishop made 22 saves to shut out the New York Rangers for the second time in three games and help the Lightning advance to the Stanley Cup Final against the Chicago Blackhawks.
Bishop said he believes his teammates, including goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy, 21, can repeat that performance, but also expects to experience stress Thursday.
"It's way more nerve-wracking," Bishop said. "As crazy as that might sound, it's way more nerve-wracking having to watch the game. When you're out there playing, you're not thinking about it, you're just doing, you're not thinking. When you're watching it, you're doing a lot of thinking.
"So, it's tough to watch. Every game has been nerve-wracking, now it's Game 7. It's going to be pretty tough."