Player Discussion: Andrei Vasilevskiy - Part 2

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[StammerHammer]

Looks like a .918 save percentage to me.

 

[ViD]

Looks like a .918 save percentage to me.

His hairline save percentage drastically improved

 

[Dr John Carlson]

Hey Bolts fans...

Over on the History subforum on the mains, we like to indulge in a little bit of fun now and then in the form of meaningless rankings, comparisons, and debates of historical players. This year we're ranking the top 60 goaltenders of all time, and in we're onto the third round of discussion, where Andrei Vasilevskiy is now up for vote, with a spot in the top 15, and potentially as high as the 10th spot, up for grabs. He's the youngest goalie to come up in the discussion so far, so he's of particular interest IMO.

As an active goalie, you're all familiar enough that you've surely got pretty strong opinions on Vasi, and probably have a lot of insight, stories, anecdotes that us non-Bolts fans may not be aware of. We're trying to get as much info as possible into our discussions, so if anyone here wants to join in on the debate, or if they just want to read up on how we think Vasi compares against greats of the past, feel free to come visit the thread and see what's up. Thanks!

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

Win #299 for Vasy.

Ties Mike Smith and Braden Holtby for 40th most wins in NHL history

30. Sean Burke	324 wins
31. Miikka Kiprusoff	319 wins
31. Craig Anderson	319 wins
33. Kari Lehtonen	310 wins
34. Tuukka Rask	308 wins
35. Billy Smith	305 wins
36. Turk Broda	304 wins
37. Olie Kolzig	303 wins
38. Mike Richter	301 wins
39. Tomas Vokoun	300 wins

Vasy was the 2nd fastest goalie in NHL history to 200 and 250 wins, only behind Dryden

Vasy can become the fastest to 300. Plante has the record in 521 games played. Vasy has played 486 games.

 

[BoltSTH]

Amazing he is still only 30. 300 wins may be less than half he ends up with.

 

[Rschmitz]

Trashilevskiy doing a decent job repairing his SV%

 

[StammerHammer]

He has more games than the others on the list. Hard to keep him out of the net when JJ is the backup.

 

[Lightning1995]

Needed more from him tonight on a tough roadie. He’s been good for the most part, maybe he needs a few more nights off like most goalies get

 

[Sky04]

He has more games than the others on the list. Hard to keep him out of the net when JJ is the backup.

JJ is undefeated this season.

 

[The Macho King]

So Vasi was just ranked as the 15th greatest goal tender of all time by the HoH board.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[The Macho King]

About f***ing time.

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Peacefool]

So he is fastest in NHL history to get 300 wins? Amazing!))

 

[Stammertime91]

3GAAilesvkiy ---> 300Winilevskiy

 

[BoltsFanSinceDay1]

Maybe I am the sensitive type. No mention of this on NHL.com's front page, nor on Google search "NHL". No respect, I tell ya.

 

[Bartleby]

Maybe I am the sensitive type. No mention of this on NHL.com's front page, nor on Google search "NHL". No respect, I tell ya.

Then this will really piss you off. ESPN has had his GAA too high all season long, usually about plus .10 or so. Right now he's @ 2.43 on ESPN and 2.32 everywhere else.

 

[JoVel]

So Vasi was just ranked as the 15th greatest goal tender of all time by the HoH board.

Do you think that's too high, low or just fine?

 

[The Macho King]

Do you think that's too high, low or just fine?

Probably about fine? If you look at the people around him it seems appropriate.

 

[AlwaysSunnyInTampa]

Do you think that's too high, low or just fine?

Yeah that's fine right now. He can climb higher by the end of his career I'd say

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[TheDaysOf 04]

 

[Rschmitz]

#Trashilevskiy

 

[OffBy1]

#Trashilevskiy

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I like it trashy.